Appeals: How to Take Them and Win Them

Co-Sponsored with: Counsel Press

Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 6-8:05 pm

New York Credit: 2.5 total: 2.0 skills & 0.5 ethics This live program provides transitional/non-transitional credit to all attorneys.

California Credit: 2.5 total: 2.0 general & 0.5 professional responsibility New Jersey Credit: 2.5 general

Pennsylvania Credit: 2.0 general

Member: $199.00 Nonmember: $299.00

Discounts will be granted to attorneys working for government agencies, public interest groups, full-time students and full-time academics.

This program focuses on the appellate process in New York's appeals courts as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Attendees will learn the methods for bringing and perfecting appeals in the Appellate Divisions; how to manage the limited appeals jurisdiction of the New York Court of Appeals; and the many filings that are needed in the Second Circuit. Once the procedural aspects of appellate practice are understood, the attorney presenters will provide practical tips and strategies for writing powerful appellate briefs and delivering persuasive oral arguments. The program concludes with various ethical considerations facing appellate practitioners and landmines to avoid.

Where: New York City Bar 42 West 44th St New York, NY 10036